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With the end of another school year, many college students are looking to catch their favourite artists on stage. Luckily for millennials, Toronto is going to be filled with some of music’s biggest names this month. Here are some performers to check out.

It’s hard to believe it has already been a year since Michael Strahan caused such a scene when it was announced that he would be leaving Live with Kelly to join Good Morning America. Ever since then Ripa has been searching for a new regular co-host, and today it was finally announced who that would be.

For the last few years whenever you see Johnny Depp’s name printed online or in the press it’s for something negative. From his poor movie performances, to his bitter divorce from Amber Heard and his rumoured overspending, Depp’s name hasn’t been getting much positive publicity. All that changed yesterday though when the 53-year old actor surprised Disneyland goers on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

With the news breaking yesterday that Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme had passed away at the age of 73, we started thinking back through his contributions to film. With such a wide variety of films to choose from, we look back at some of our favourites he directed.

This year’s iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards was sure to be a blast, even before the first performers were announced. The event that will air live on June 18th on Much, CTV and VRAK, as well as stream on the iHeartRadio app, made a splash this morning however by showing the world that the show is indeed getting bigger every year.

There have been rumours circulating that the reason Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel were “feuding” last summer was because a Fast and Furious spin-off had been discussed behind Diesel’s back, but if that is true than he has nothing to be angry about because the movie spin-off has now be announced. Of course even if the feud was real, the pair seem to have put it all behind them now.

The truth is still out there. After a successful 6 episode revival in 2016, fans were hoping the popular series would get yet another run. Their prayers were answered yesterday when Fox finally announced that a deal was in place to make an 11th season happen.

It seems like every time you turn your head these days there’s a new superhero movie coming out, or a new TV series. The latest is based on a comic book series that only serious fans of comic books would have probably heard of. Marvel has a great track record though, and Cloak & Dagger might just be their next big hit.

It’s hard to believe megastar musician Prince will have passed away one year ago on Friday, but fans will get another chance to celebrate his music on that day when a new album is released with six previously unreleased songs on it. The album Deliverance will be available on Friday, but the first single, also named Deliverance, is now available on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.

Lady Gaga may not have been the original headliner at Coachella week one, but she certainly stepped up to the task and made the crowd forget Beyoncé was supposed to be there. Not only did she perform 19 songs during her 90 minute set, but she also debuted a new single.

The Fate of the Furious arrives this weekend in theatres, which is the eighth movie in the Fast and the Furious series. Still though, even though it has eight movies in the franchise, it’s still not the longest series out there.

It’s hard to believe the Cannes Film Festival is turning 70 this year, but since it is, the yearly event is planning a showcase with some of the biggest stars. And some of these stars should be walking the red carpet multiple times. Perhaps the most shocking of everything though is that among the 49 films set to premiere, none of them are Hollywood studio films.

Stephen King’s 200 page novella has already gotten a lot of traction with a feature length movie, and now it’s about to become a weekly TV Series on Spike TV starting on June 22nd. And in case you were wondering what it’s going to be like, the first trailer has now arrived to show us.

With summer around the corner, many of us are getting ready for the much-anticipated music festival and concert season. With Ed Sheeran and Drake releasing two of the biggest albums of 2017 thus far, many of us Canadians are itching to go to a live show. While there may not be many big-name artists headlining the city this month, it seems there are quite a few oldies but goodies to check out. Here are some of the top concerts in Toronto for April.